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Sound business sense
Arthur, at early o'clock this morning: Dad, can you take me to Toys R Us to buy Redakai cards?
Steve, groggy: The store won't be open yet, it's too early.
Arthur, cranky: Well they really should be open earlier, because kids don't like to wait. -
Life lessons from folk songs
- If you have the ability to turn into a bird, use it for something beneficial, rather than to taunt your mentally-unstable boyfriend.
- Don't kill smart-mouthed talking birds, no matter how tempting it may be.
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Brief and scattered
We are back from Montreal! We have grass over a foot long in the back yard and no functional lawnmower -_- We're hoping a kid will come by and offer to mow it for $10, and then maybe next week when paycheques come in we can afford to buy a new mower. But at least we might not need a new dishwasher quite yet. It stopped working yesterday, so, ( Read more... ) -
Bishops, priests and Spaniards
Reposting for my friend joane, who is working on her thesis ( Read more... ) -
Travel plans!
forthright, elanya, Arthur and I are going to be coming to Montreal from the 20th to 28th of May :D (Driving in on the 20th, driving out on the 28th, so no big plans on those days...) We'd love to see as many of our homies as possible during that time, and do all sorts of fun stuff! We aren't sure where we'll be staying yet, is the only thing, but once I know ( Read more... ) -
Birthday wishes
Happy birthday to my dear husband forthright! :) I'm sorry I wasn't feeling more celebratory this morning (I would have reminded Arthur it was your birthday, for instance, if I'd had my thoughts in order) but hopefully we can make up for it in a few days... Have fun tonight with Nick and co. I love you! <3 -
Not composed by Saint-Saëns
Yesterday while we were on our way to the library, the radio was playing Carnival of the Animals. So we had some fun getting Arthur to guess what animal each piece represented. He asked me what instrument The Swan was played on and I told him it was the cello, but he thought I said 'chinchilla'. Then he suggested that there should be a ( Read more... ) -
The supergroup of the century
I got spam from the Fox Theatre (that's what we get for going to a concert once, I suppose) with the following subject line: "Coming to the Fox Theatre: Charlie Sheen, Neil Young, and Yanni!" My first thought was, "together???" Apparently not, though ( Read more... )